Quality assessment and certification in open scholarly publishing and inspiration for MOOC credentialing
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Quality assessment and certification in open scholarly publishing and inspiration for MOOC credentialing |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2177 |
2214 | |
Book Title | Open learning and formal credentialing in higher education: curriculum models and institutional policies |
Authors | |
Author | Ren, Xiang |
Editors | Reushle, Shirley, Antonio, Amy and Keppell, Mike |
Page Range | 245-262 |
Series | Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership (AEMAL) Book Series |
Chapter Number | 13 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | IGI Global |
Information Science Reference | |
Place of Publication | Hershey, PA. United States |
ISBN | 9781466688568 |
9781466688575 | |
ISSN | 2326-9022 |
2326-9030 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8856-8.ch013 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.igi-global.com/book/open-learning-formal-credentialing-higher/129622 |
Abstract | This chapter looks at the changing landscape of quality assessment and certification/credentialing in open knowledge systems by a comparative study between open publishing and open education. Despite the disruptive changes driven by open publishing in scholarly communication, it is challenging to develop widely accepted methods for quality assessment and certification. Similar challenges exist in open education platforms like the massive open online course (MOOC). This work reviews four types of innovations in open publishing in terms of quality control, namely 'light touch' peer review, post-publication assessment, social peer review, and open peer review. Synthesising the principles and strategies of these innovations, it discusses how they might be inspiring for developing solutions and models for MOOC assessment and credentialing. This chapter concludes by suggesting future research directions. It argues that the open initiatives are co-evolving with the “traditional” systems and integrating with the established models. |
Keywords | assessment; credentialing; MOOCs; peer review; open scholarly publishing; open access; certification |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 461006. Library studies |
470102. Communication technology and digital media studies | |
390402. Education assessment and evaluation | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Digital Futures Institute |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q301w/quality-assessment-and-certification-in-open-scholarly-publishing-and-inspiration-for-mooc-credentialing
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